good morning and welcome to news 4 midday. i'm barbara harrison. it's date. we're following two breaking news stories this morning. we begin with an accidents involving pedestrians in aspen hill. it happened on aspen hill road and georgia avenue. it involved a mother and her child. police and rescue personnel are on th scene right now. we have live pictures from chopper 4. the intersection remains blocked. the injuries to the victims are said tbe critical.

we'll have me as details become available. first we'll talk to the captain who is with usn the telephone from montgomery county fire and rescue. what can you tell us about what happened? >> fire and rescue were notified about a pedestrian be struck, a mother and a child at the intersection of georgia avenue and aen hill road. there was a cpr in progress by a bystand bystander. that child has sious life threatening injuries right now being transported to e trauma center. mother also injured, however the status of her injuries unknown at ts point, believed to be nonlife threatening. appears there was an suv traveling in the northbound lanes of georgia avenue right at the intersectio vehicle did stay on the scene. cuently on the scene. and montgomery county police will begin an investigation of the circumstances surrounding this particular accident. >> we're looking at a live picture and it looks like it is

a controlled intersection. any word from any one on the scene as to whether they were walking against the light there? >> at this point i do not have any specific information as to where their location was. i can tell you i did speak with one of the by standers that initiated cpr. don't know where the initial contact happened but the child does have some serious life threatening injuries. we continued with care to the local trauma center. >> thank you so much for the information you've been able to give us. we'll continue to follow this story and be in touch with you later. we're going to go steve hirschhorn to find out how this is affecting traffic. >> reporter: on georgia avenue at aspen hill road. traffic is being diverted only from the northbound side of georgia avenue. here we are wi a live look. traffic to the left is heading

northbound. traffic is being turned down back down to aspen hill. on the right is the southbound side of georgia avenu and that is only having the left lane blocked. you can get by southbound right now. no completely blocked. as you can see at theop of your screen not a huge delay right now to get by there. you may want to choose the alternate th works best for you. southbound, despite the slow traffic l your lanes are open. >> thank you very much, steve. again, this accident happened in aspen hill, maryland, this morning and we're continuing to follow that story. meanwhile we're following another breaking news story out of nashville, tennessee. e half brother of albert haynesworth has died. lance mccoy was driving a motoycle when he crashed on into another car. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. witnesses told police the motorcycle was going about 100 miles per hour. be the suspect in yesterday's deadly hit-and-run

accident in dupont circle is now in police custody. jorida davidson turned herself into authorities early this morning. elaine reyes is live outside of the d.c. courthouse downtown where davidson is expected to appear later today. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. davidson i scheduled to make an arraignment hearing sometime after 1:00 this afternoon. so far police have only charged her with one count of volunry vehicular manslaughter but more charges are forthcoming. d.c. investigators say just after 5:00 this morning, 30-year-old jorida davidson walked into the headquarters with a relative and turned herself in. about an hour later they transported her to police central downtown for more procession and court hearing. >> when he a warrant yesterday. we're worng on the warrant yesterday. however, again, she came in and turned herself in. >> reporter: investigators believe davidson was behind the

wheel of an suv that struck and killed kiela marie ryan in dupont circle early yesterday morning. ryanas out celebrating her birthday. she died a few hours later at a local hospital. a witness saw the entire thing and chased the suv long enough to get a tag number. it was that information that led them to davidson's friendship heights high rise. police too away her suv as evidence, the bumper cleaned after the accident. they called the bicyclist's hp key. >> that was a very important piece of the investigation. without him the investigation wouldn't be as tight as it is right now. and we always are looking for more witnesses that was there that day that possibly witnessed the incident. >> reporter: investigators tell us that davion is an albanian citizen who sometimes freelances as a translator. that arraignment hearing supposed to take place sometime

after 1:00 this afternoon. back to you. planning on taking metro this columbus day weekend? you may need to change which station you go to. the farragut west and mcpherson station will be closed through monday because of track improvements. lower level of metro center will be closed. red line service at metro will not be impacted however no orge or blue line trains will be passing through any of those three stations. that means you have to take a shuttle between the station. you should also be prepared for delaysf up to 40 minutes if you ke blue or orange lines. everything should be back to normal for tuesday's morning's commute. the red and yellow lines will be no picnic this weekend either. you'll have to add at least a half hour to your ride if you take the red line between shady grove and twin brook because of platform repairs. on the yellow line expect 30 minute delays between huntington and braddock road because of landscaping work at the

huntington station. take a look outside. a beautiful start to this day and the weekend. getting an early start. veronica will tell us what we can expect. >> this weekend it will be sunny here, nice and mild here, but a lot of folks, they go out of the town. new york city, all up and down the east coast, a really pretty weekend for us. we've got the blue sky here. this morning. it will stick around all day. look at the emperature. already 71 degrees. we got a little bitf a wind out of the north northwest now at 10 miles per hour. all right. a check on some of the other temperatures throughout the area. georgetown, you'ret 68 degrees. surrounding areas like laurel and greenbelt 66. franconia and falls church at 66. 67 now in kensington and wheaton. you're looking at our wind through the area. it's pretty light at five to ten miles per hour. so absolutely splendid today. we'll have more of these kinds

of days coming your way. the high temperature around 79 degrees in town. 78 warren tennessee. 76 in st. mary's. during the overnight with clear skies, we're going to start dropping off. 63 degrees by the time weet to-month. it will be a little bit of a chilly night fours. same thing for saturday night. but look atolumbus day. 81 degrees, baara. that is what you would normally have during september. so this is the besteekend we've had since going back to septber 18th, 19th. >> the pumpkins are all out. >> pick apples, pumpkins >> thanks a lot. we'll talk to you again shortly. and right now the fight against breast cancer is under way in the nation's capital. thousands are walking in the susan g. komen three day walk for the cure. megan mcgrath has the emotion stories behind the fight. >> reporter: it was a sea of pi around that stadium this

morning as susan g. komen walk for the cure got underway. a three day event. 2,00 participant this year. they will walk 60 miles over the course of three days to raise money for breast cancer research. an emotional morning at national's park. people from all walks of life bonding togethering to fight breast cancer. for some it is very personal. they walk for themselves. >> my mother had breast cancer and then i had it. i've bean survivor for 16 years. and it made me look at life differently. i celebrate life every single day. >> reporter: others walk for loved ones lost. >> my mom -- it's emotional. my mom was diagnosed. she was not a survivor,

unfortunately. >> i'm walking for my aunts, my girlfriend and one of my good friends' mother. >> reporter: a lot of people. >> i lost my neighbor two weeks ago. a four time fighter and finally it overcame h. >> reporter: this is important? >> yes,very important. the names of all the people we're walking for here and on our banner as well. >> reporter: the susan g. komen walk for the cure raises money for research and prevention. over the next two days 2,000 people wil walk 60 miles. track will take them from nation's capital to gaithersburg and back again. a small sacrifice they say to help find a cure. >> we were going to do it. easier to train than to have cancer. yes we can. >> reporter: the walk wraps up on sunday with a ceremony on the

national mall. last year this event raised $5 million. they hope to do the same again this year. in southeast, megan mcgrath, news 4. and we have a traffic alert starting tonight. crews are going toshut down several streets around the imf and world are bank buildings this evening. they coincide with meetingsthis weekend. the street closings begin at 7:00 and reopen sunday afternoon at 5:30. this morning it looks like fairfax coun police may have a murder investigation on their hands in an upscale neighborhood. a 61-year-old man was discovered in the house of 6100 block of ladues end court. people are stopping short of callinat it homicide but say there's evidence of foul play. they also say the man's lexus suv is missing from house to. police are looking for that vehicle. here's a picture of what it looks like. it's got virginia plates that read xyw-8197.

commerce department employees who work down have an unscheduled day out of the office because of a fire. firefighters evacuated the building on 14th street in northwest d.c. a fire started on the third floor with asbestos abatement had been going on. that made itdifficult for firefighters to convenient ti late that part of the building because of asbestos particles. they wore full hazmat suits and got sprayed down with water. today employees have to take administrative leave or work from home. our time right now 12 minutes after 11:00. the nobel peace winner is announced. coming up, we'll have information on the winner who is still in prison.

new today word of the latest nobel peace prize winner isn't going over so wl in china. the honor goes to liu xiaobo. the committee said he's the first person to win while stl in prison. chinese authorities said the panel violated its own principles by honoring a criminal. the country blocked all broadcast of itshonor. the nobel committee cited liu xiaobo for his nonviolent struggle for human rights. president obama won the nobel peace prizelast year. three dozen people are recovering this morning after a

rally. it was held at bowie state university. thpresident stoppedis speech to request help when one person fainted. most people are treated on site for heat exhaustion and dehydration. president obama is supposed to address the latest jobs report. it's the last job report before the mid-term elections. it shows opportune employment ra held steady at 9.6% this september. economists had expected to it rise. president obama will address the job situation in bladensburg. he's touring a masonry plant as part of a small business visit. > now to decision 2010. tomorrow new jersey governor crist christi is expected to endorse bob ehrlich at a fundraising event. people who donate $50 to the

republican candidate in the next 24 hours could be invid to the private reception. ehrlich running to get his old job back. and today expect extra security at amtrak station,but don't worry it's all part of a security test. amtrak is running a security program called rail safe in certain cities. amtrak officls say there's no reason for alarm. they do this several times a year. there's no threat and the test is not related to the terror alert home owners to traveling in europe. we have some nice weather words coming out of the "weather center." >> right. with temperatures like we had yesterday, just a reminder if you're doing anything outside for a prolonged period of time make sure you hydrate. >> good idea. >> hydrate. hydrate. hydrate. >> it happened at that rally. people got to drink water. >> right. when i comes like this, you know, late during the fall, the warm temperatures sometimes it can sneak up on you. we're talking in this forecast

here about some fall color, where itis, where to go and what it's looking like. 71 is your temperature right now. ronald reagan washington national airport, we do have a northwest wind at 10 miles per hour. and in terms of rainfall across the area, well we may be doing okay right here in town but parts off to the west, eastern west virginia and on down through the mountains as well as western, eastern west virginia, western maryland down through the mountains, shenandoah there, rappahannock county could use more rain. extremely dry. 70 degrees in manassas. la plata at 71 trees. 70 in frederick. warming up today because of a big area of high pressure that's over us. not only at the surface but aloft. a westerly wind now. it's producing dry conditions. as that high scoots to the east we'll stay dry with some clear cool nights during the overnight period. solomon, maryland, beautiful. 66 degrees right now.

hollywood, rays ofunshine there. 68 right now. 65 degrees up to the north in thurmont, maryland. raleigh at 70 degree high pressure moves in. as it moves to the south and east through the weekend we'll eventually be on the back side of that high with a clockwise flow, southwesterly wind and that means even higher temperatures. we're ing to get close to 80 degrees sunday and probably top out i think over 80 on monday. on columbus day. some cool nights and cool nights like this that give us the beautiful fall color. caribou, 33 degrees. here's a look at some of the fall color. peak color up by the catskills and adirondack's. poconos moderate color.

appalachians moderate color showing up here with some color locally. so it's coming along but really hard to forecast exactly where the peak color is going because it's been such a tough year. the drough with so much of the northeast, drought during the summer and then the rains early part of the fall take away from the vid color. we won't se as big o a wow. some wow up north. this is from huron. arcadia national park in maine. we'rkeeping an eye on the tropics. this guy light rain to the south, southern bands in puerto rico, u.s. virgin islands been producing quite a bitof rain, flooding. they will get another two to four inches. zips on off through the weekend away from the east coast. good news fours. our forecast will be absolutely, again, more of the same, spectacular weather. blue skies showing up until sunset. 76 to 79 degrees. again, nice and mild. the overnight down to 56 degrees

by 5:00 a.m., 55 by 7:00 a.m. here's a look at your 4-day forecast. near 80 degrees over the next four days. we'll pick up, i think, some clds monday night. maybe we'll get a sprinkle or two but running well above average. feeling a lot like september. maybe a little bit of rain monday night into tuesday morning but a better chance of rain will come thursday of next week. couldn't be a better holiday weekend for fos that have three days off. thanks a lot. we have more now on that breaking news that we've been following a mother and daughter seriously injured after they were hit by an suv in aspen hill. pat collins is live on the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: i want to draw your attention to that stroller over there across street that's the focus of this investigation. police say around 10:20 this morning a woman was pushing a young baby in that stroller across the georgia avenue here

at aspen hill wn the stroller was stck by an suv. the suv stayed on the scene. but the you baby was given cpr on the scen and transported by ambulance to children's hospital. the condition of the young baby is still unknown. joining me sergeant sanger with the montgomery county police. sergeant, tell me what you can about what happened here this morning. >> good morning. we were dispatched at about 10:22 this morning to a pedestrian struck. en route we learned it was a young child. i would put the child's age at approximately 18 months. it's our understanding the child was struck by a single vehicle. th vehicle remained on the scene. the child was traported to children's hospital but her current condition is unknown at this time. >> reporter: was cpr being performed on the child as she was taken to the hospital? >> when i arrived yes. an officer and registered nurse were performing cpr.

>> reporter: what's happing now with the investigation? >> we're waiting to hear from children's hospital to hear the condition of the child to see how we proceed. >> reporter: let's ke another look at the scene. we're at the inrsection of georgia avenue and aspen hill road where this accident occurred about 10:20 this morning. a woman pushing a stroller with 18-month-old maybe girl in it across georgia avenue. the stroller struck by a green suv that you can see in t picture. that suv remained on the scene. now these other cars that you see parked around here are witness rs. people in the cars who saw what happened and the cops are keeping them on the scene until they get a chance to interview them and document at happened. the 18-month-old baby girl was taken to the hospital. cpr in progress. now, for the traffic. the northbound lane of georgia avenue has been shut down here at aspen hill road.

they areoing detours further south. the southbound ne of georgia avenue is open, moving through the area as this investigation -- 18-month-old baby girl in that stroller over there struck by an suv this morning as she was being pushed across georgia avenue here at aspen hill road. right near the entrance to the gate of heaven cemetery. e investigation ongoing. the little baby girl taken to children's hospital. barbara, back to you. >> pat, do you have y word on the mother's condition at this time? >> reporter: well, as far as we know, the only person really hurt in the accident was the baby. d that the -- they are calling at it caretaker either the mother or caretaker young girl went into the ambulance with the little girl to the hospital. but i'm told the only injury here is to the little 18-month-old baby girl. >> all right. thank you very much, pat colns

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> right now we continue to follow breaking news from aspen hill. mother and child were struck by a vehicle this morning at aspen hill road and georgia avenue. the child has been rushed to children's hospital with serious injuries. the intersection remains closed at this hour. also right now we're awaiting president obama to make a speech from bladensburg, maryland regarding the latest jobs repor new numbers show the unemployment rate is holding steady at 9.6%. president obama is turning a manry factor to right now in a small business visit. prince george's county police leaders are defendi dozens of cadets accused of cheating on their defendants. chief roberto hylton said a review said one instructor incorrectly recorded perfect scores for the cadets but there were no signs of cheating. county officials say another audit will be cnducted to make sure no cheating actually occurred. we'll check in again now with veronica johnson on our

weather. we have some nice weather out there and hoping it will last. >> excellent. i was thking about all the wonderful events we have that take play around the area. the big one ishe susan g. komen walk. and the planners of those they do such a great job. they do a great job and of course keep their fingers crossed that we' going to get weather like this. so i was thinking gee they must be having a big sigh of reef, resstress they will have three perfect days. 71 is the temperature now. light wind out of the northwest. bringing the temperatures up too. 71 degrees in town. la plata and indian head and down towards waldorf at 70. 72 in manassas. so dry and sunny conditions, by the way as we get up to around 80 degrees this weekend here, maryland's eastern shore will be a couple of degrees lower, probably 75, 76 during the afternoon on saturday.

so, that's our forecast here. you can see every where sunshine galore. clear skies during t overnight period. here's a look at your 4-day forecast. columbus day even a-okay for those who have the day off. okay. thank you very much. drivers on 295 look out for birds. dozens of tiny chimney swifts were found outside of the blue plains water treatment facility on overlook avenue in southwest washington. at first city workers thought they may have been killed by a containment from the facility or a contaminant. it turns tout migrating birds were chasing bugs d were actually hit by ars. three of the birds were taken to a lab just to double check but nothing else is to blame for their deaths. we'll check the midday traffic now. steve hirschhorn joinss now. >> we'll go back to tha terrible accident on grgia avenue northbound blocked before

you get to aspen hill. nortound traffic success diverted away from aspen hill road. on the far right-hand side of your screen is the southbound side of georgia avenue which is open, you can get by southbound on georgia avenueear aspen hill road. northbound side still being diverted way from the scene. springfield, despite the fact that we have hov lanes open southbound still very sow leaving springfield to get past the work zone in newington that is in the right lane and add that to the columbus day weekend early getaway traffic and it's still pretty much parking lot from springfield to newington on southbound 95. barbara? >> thank you very much. and in news for your health today a new reporthows a surprising jump in the amount of erican adults living with arthritis. the centers for disease control says it'sbout 50 million suffer from the painful condition. one in five americans and an increase of about one million

people peryear. nancy snyderman says it's a playinging issue and contributing to the numbers of a lot of people not doing well. >> it's a big financial probm, $128 billion lost in the economy every year and the underlying cause obesity. why? guess wh. your hips, your knee u-feet are weight bearing joint. you put on weight there's extra wear and tear on the joint. and t arthritis hurts. >> dr. snyderman said factors that can lead to arthritis, age, injuries, repetitive joint stress and muscle weakness. exercise and muscle strength can help prevent the condition. and losing weight is one of those ways. the fda has approved two new devis that will freeze fat cells and leave you thinner. no caught or needles. the question now is how much thinner? we have details of these two n machines. do they really work?

>> they do work, barbara, yes. absolutely. liposuction remains the gold standard. these two noninvasive technologies, not everyone wants surgery do reduce fat and most importantly they have been approved by the fda at this point. >> tell us how they rk. no needle involved and no cutting. >> exactly. it freezes the fat. sandwiches the fat, a device like a hot dog in between two once. you sit there for an hour or two and it freezes your fat and then it shrinks over two or three months. there's a low level laser that melts the fat by creating a hole in the membrane and the fat cell empties. they work differently but both been approved by the fda for body contouring. >> how does it impact your skin. we were looking at a fat tummy. will it get rid of that fat tummy and you sandwich betwee

two what. >> two pieces of metal that cryo or freezing of the fat. it takes two treatments. it takes a series of treatments. there's a diffuse body treatment. again, they are not lipostion but for people who don't want to have surgery or needles it's a great alternative and it has the holy grail stamp of approval of the fda. >> it doesn't impact how the skin looks? >> it doesn't damage the skin. >> how mucweight can you lose? >>ou get an average of 3.5 inches. the studies have been less dramatic but nonetheless people are losing fractions of inches. here's an example. >> before and after. signicant. looks pretty good. the good news is that you don't have to cut. but then you don't get quite the

same results. >> it's not liposuction results. some people just are not interested in having surgery. this is a great alternative for people who are looking to reduce without invasive procedures. again you still have to exercise. you still have to watch your intake, your weight. so this part of a lifestyle change. we emphasize this to every patient. it's not just the technology. you have to do your part too. >> tell us which body parts are actually best for this kind of procedure? >> for men, love handles, domen. for women kibt, again, this area, the lateral thighs the inner thighs, arms. >> how much time do you have to spend doing this? one time event? >> at it series of treatments. it's a time investme. on the average treatments runabout an hour. and you require at least three to six treatments.

>> from what we saw the results look pretty good. >> very exciting. very exciting. >> it doesn't mean you don't have to exercise. you have to do the dieting. >> do you part. >> always great to see you. thank very much for coming. it is now 11:40 and still ahead we'll take a look at h traders are reacting to the government's employment report. and "sabrina fair" is playing at ford'sñ

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biest legends hits the big screen. diane lane stars in "secretariat" the true story of the horse that won the 1973 triple crown. lane plays a virginia whom takes over her father's stable and produced the greatest horse of all times. "secretariat" is rated pg. if you're in the mood for a romantic comedy check out "life as we know it." it's aut singles who went on one disastrous date. they are bound together through their daughter who they are forced to raise after her parents died tragically. if you're looking for a

thriller, "stone" is the perfect pick. norton is up for early release anhis wife uses her influence on deniro who is starting a relationship that could have disastrous consequences. rated r. the economy sheds 95,000 jobs but unemployment stays at 9.6%. we will check in with courtney regan. she has more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> right now the dow is up 56 points which pushes the dow over the 11,000 mark. we're trading around 11,500. a mixed session on thursday. asian markets lower overnight. the big focus for all investors and market watchers alike is that monthly jobs report, 95,000 nonfarm jobs were lost in september. private sector growth was up by 64,000 jobs. but like you mentioned the

unemployment rate does remain unchanged at 9.6%. we got a muted reaction by the market to that report. it was somewhat mixed. we thought the unemployment rate would go higher but job losses would be fewer. we evened out there. this is the last jobs report before the november elections. that's key to point out. and 1700 jobs are being eliminated from the pharmaceutical business. 25% of the jobs in that business unit. but only 13 of i was total 13,000 u.s. employees. and bank of america is hopinalt foreclosures in all 50 states. and nearly a million workers won't get conmer protection under the new healthcare reform aimed at capping insurance costs because the government has exempted their employers. 30 companies including mcdonald won't reacquired to raise the

annual minimum benefit required in low cst health plans. the government grants waivers last month so those workers wouldn't lose coverage from companies who might drop it all together. time to say good-bye to low hotel room prices as more people are traveling demand for rooms is becoming tighter. the number of rooms roe 8% in august. marriott is widely known as the industry bellwhether their room rates rose. good for the economy if people are traveling but not so good if you're the one paying the bill. back to you. >> have a great weekend. will you be here on monday. >> i ll. we will thereabout. the markets are open. >> markets are open on monday. great. we'll see you then. have a great weekend. the audrey hepburnmove sabrina was inspired by "sabrina

fair." it's now playing at the ford theater. the two stars of the play susan heyward and todd gearhart are here to explain. welcome. had the wonderful opportunity to see you both on opening night and it was a wonderful production. thanks for being here today. >> thanks for hang us. >> i want to ask you both, you play the audrey hepburn part. i hate to say it that way because they made it after it was on broadway and you play the humphrey bogart part. is it hard to play that classic? >> it's fun. the play is so very different from the movie, the play itself isvery different from the screenplay. so it was fun to try to go as far away from the movie as possible. >> how about you? >> yes. you have to immediately just try to forget about bogart. i hear his voice so much. this play is that 1950s, great

romantic dialogue, cary grant, everything is charming. >> up to watch it. did you see. >> it's >> i had seen it. but i hadn't seen it for a few yearbefore i got this call. i purposely didn't revisit it because i didn't want that to be over my shoulder. >>ow about you. >> i didn't wacht. there was another remake with harrison ford. i saw boston those. >> now let's talk a little bit about this play. it's different, obviously. the movie was more about class. we talked about -- it shows a young girl who goes off to paris, the daughter of the chauffeur. there's a difference in this one. tell us why. tell us what it is. >> the differences th time sabrina fairchi and her father have been cast with african-american actors. >> was that the original idea with the play? >> it was not. >> it was always about class not about race? >> but taylor's son came to our

play. he said his father allowed it to be changed. never turn it into a musical but be done with an african-american father and daughter play. >> was any lines changed? >> not one. >> it's interesting to see that lot of prejudice that exists is more class than race. >>it's also something that we don't talk about i think it's great that it's neve explicitly said the play. it's her race that's problem. people in america have very deep thoughts about but never said out loud. >> actually you don'teem to as a character in this play see the race as a difference. >>it's somethingbout sabrina that is special abt her. she sees people as who they are not what they are on the outside. i think it's right that she's not the person who is caught up by the differences. >> that might be more true today than it was bac in 1950, do you think? >> i hope. >> when this play was written?

>> hope so. >> a lot has changed. were there any challengesto this play that you feel you faced? >> for me it's been the dialogue. the language play. these people are smart. they are sharp. they talk in long complete sentences. they are long wordy things you got to get out of your mouth. we don't talk like that any more. it's charming. romantic, lovely. it has a happy ending. it's timeless. >> it runs through when? snook 24th. >> tickets available? >> go to forward.org whic is the website and all the information is on there. >> we thank you both for coming into see us today to talk about this. i'm sure you'll have big audiences and we'll not be talk about audrey hepburn and humphrey bogart. thank you so very much for coming to see us today. thanks a lot. our time is 11:50. coming up the real housewives of d.c. we'll have reaction the season

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it's time now to take a look at some stories people are talking about this morning. joining us with his unique perspective, radio host tommy mcsly. good to see you.

basically we've been talking a bit about the salahis. >> it's over. it's over. >> finally over for the season. the finale lasts night. the salahis, we'll talk about them. i want to hear what they had t say. >> keeps you on the edge-of-your-seat. did it for us because our life is a whole lot better. but it's very -- >> intense. >> it's exciting. it's going to show everything. it will show the truth. >> well, what do you say? >> i feel we're part of a giant hallucination. they cannot be real? >> did you watch it? >> i want to touch them. they have to be whologrs. everything that comes out of their face is lies or delusion. >> what we saw last night we saw them get out of the limo, walk

up to theate and then they to dounsd sign that says positive i.d. required for a really long time. they go uto the gate and the girl who is a very low level staffer, checking people in, raining and she goes you're not on the list but go ahead and stand in line. >> so, did you feel you were closer to knowing the trut about what really happened? >> i guess so. i think it was a whole mix of this poor girl who was at the door, all flustered with these vips coming through. it was raining. the salahis are iimidating. when that crazy comes at you you want them out of your face. she shouldn't have put them through but she did and everything went downhill from ther >> so it was really her fault? it's really their fault for getting 17 hours of makeup and trying to go to the white house. it's their fault. if somebody stole somethi from the store it's the clerk's fault. >> let's talk to some of the other chacters. cat announced she and her

husbd are getting divorced. >> right. it's interesting, i got to say, i read the repaps in the "the washington post." she has tracked it to where either bangor no bang in -- when cat is talking to the camera if she had bangs she was divorced. when she didn't have bangs she wasn't vorsd. you see in the last episode they had a lot of the evening. >> do you like her? >> di did. >> who is your favorite? >> linda. after the premier party i saw a very intoxicated cat outside of the madison. she's much more honest than you're going to get her in any the interviews. >> will there abscond season? >> hope not. i don't know. >> you hope not. >> beverly hills is coming up.

>> we'll see you next week. we're going to take a look at some of the stories wre followinthis afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us. >> they keep us talking. >> yes. that's true. the salahis keep us talking. >> maybe they will get their own show. >> i don't know how tommy would feel about that. coming up, we'll have the very latest on the child struck in a stroller in montgomery county today. also new developments this afternoon in the sex sndal at duke university. we'll tell you about ose. and then at 5:00 today's tiger woods makes it official, after three years of searching, we're going to tell you where in washington the golfin great is planning to build his brand new learning center. those stories plus your forecast starting on news 4 at 4:00. >> let's get a look at our forecast one more time. >>it's out of the park our forecast. so good. it's way, way over the wall.

76, 79 degrees. spectacular. it's gone. it's going to continue through the weekend. here's a look at our hi. overnight 55 to 56. just a reminder on that fall color go to nbcwashington.com search fall foliage and get the full report. we have a little bit of a writeup there four. your 4-day forecast dry and nice and the rain doesn't return until thursday. >> couldn't be better. okay. thanks a lot. that's news 4 midday we thank you for being with us and inactivity you to tune in for more news. we have broadcasts at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and tonight at 11:00. news over the weekend and we'll be back monday morning for news midday. have a greatñ